Infant&#39;s wear



May 20, 1941. M. T. SWlTZ 2,242,898

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May 20, 1941. sw -rz 2,242,898

INFANT S WEAR Filed May 24,1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INV NTOR.

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Patented May 20, 1941 UNITED STATES FATE? OFFICE 4 Claims.

The invention relates to new and useful improvements in infants wear and more especially to such improvements in a combined shirt and diaper and attaching devices therebetween, and also attaching devices for stockings.

Objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part hereinafter and in part will be obvious herefrom, or may be learned by practice with the invention, the same being realized and attained by means of the instrumentalities and combinations pointed out in the appended claims.

The invention consists in the novel parts, constructions, arrangements, combinations and improvements herein shown and described.

The accompanying drawings, referred to herein and constituting a part hereof, illustrate one embodiment of the invention, and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

Fig. 1 shows an outer diaper sheet having the fastening means of my invention;

Fig. 2 shows an inner, plicatable, absorbent diaper sheet, which may be used, if desired;

Fig. 3 shows a garment with my attached band which passes about the infants hips and is attachable to the diaper band;

Fig. 4 represents the shirt upon the infant and the diaper laid out beneath the infant ready to be folded about the infant;

Fig. 5 shows one corner of the diaper folded about the infants waist;

Fig. 6 shows the shirt pulled down and the diaper with the corner having the band attached thereto ready to be folded forwardly past the infants crotch;

Fig. 7 is a rear view showing both parts of the shirt band passed rearwardly and then forwardly about the infants body;

Fig. 8 shows the diaper completely attached;

Fig. 9 shows a stocking having a loop through which the shirt band may be run to support the stocking;

Fig. 10 shows the manner of fastening the shirt, the stockings and the diaper together by means of the shirt band and the diaper band; and

Fig. 11 shows the garments as then worn upon the infant.

Objects of the invention are to provide comfortable, efiicient wear for infants, and more especially improved diaper construction and arrangement and improved attachment means between the diaper and other garments, whereby simple, comfortable and natural arrangement thereof is effected, the infant is free to turn and otherwise move within the garments, and at the same time they are securely held in position, will not readily move into positions causing discomfort, the infant is protected from becoming uncovered, and from pain and injury from pins and metal articles; to provide for rapid and easy application and attachment and detachment of the garments by tying and untying two knots, the

attachment means at the same time effecting the advantages outlined; to provide an improve-d diaper and an improved shirt, both cooperating to effect the advantages outlined, and, if desired, the improved attachment of the stockings to the other garments.

Referring now to the present preferred embodiment, herewith exemplarily illustrated, the diaper comprises a rectangular outer sheet I of material, having a short band 2 sewed or otherwise attached at a median point 3 to one corner of the diaper sheet. Sheet I in use is usefully and advantageously folded diagonally slightly off the two corners adjacent the corner to which the band 2 is attached, say approximately on the line wa, the opposite corner being folded inwardly and lying just short of the outer ply, as best shown in Fig. 5. In actual use the diaper is of triangular form, with the band 2 medianly affixed at one corner, the two other corners are folded forwardly about the buttocks and the corner with band 2 is brought forwardly and upwardly past the infants crotch. The diaper comprises also an inner sheet 5 of absorbent material, which is preferably rectangular and is best folded transversely, usually a plurality of times, approximately along the lines b, c and d, or otherwise, as found convenient. The plicated sheet 5 is laid lengthwise upon and Within the triangularly plicated sheet I beneath the infant as shown in Fig. 4.

In accordance with certain of its features, the invention comprises a shirt or body garment specially designed and constructed for use with the diaper, and having fastening means which are readily attachable to and detachable from the diaper fastening means, to hold the garments securely in position while allowing a maximum of body freedom and ease for the infant. As embodied, an open-front shirt 8 is provided having a neck opening 9, arm openings l0 and H, and a ribbon or other fastening device I to hold the front together, the shirt terminating Well below the infants waist. A fairly long band I2 at a median point thereof is securely sewn or otherwise attached to the waist portion of shirt 8 and preferably at the front, both ends of the band !2 being sufficiently long to pass rearwardly about the infants body, then to be brought forwardly and the ends thereof tied to the ends of the diaper band 2, as later described.

In putting on the garments, the shirt is put on the infant and the bottom part thereof turned upwardly, and the infant is laid upon the diaper as shown in Fig. 4 and already described. The plicated absorbent sheet 5 is turned upwardly and forwardly past the crotch, the lateral corners of the triangularly plicated, outer sheet I are folded forwardly about the infants buttocks at either side, and the bottom part of the shirt is then folded down over the upper part of the diaper as shown in Fig. 6. Both ends of band l2 are then passed backwardly beneath the infant as shown in Fig. 7 and brought forwardly at either side. The lower triangular end of'plicated sheet l, having the band 2, is then brought forwardly and upwardly past the infants'crotch, and the corresponding ends of the bands 2 and 52 are tied together at either side as shown in Fig. 8. The left hand diaper tape 2 is-tied to the end of the shirt band l2, then on the left side (originally theright hand band which has been crossed behind) and the right tape 2 is similarly tied to the otherend l2. Thus the shirt is securely held down and the diaper is securely held on and up, while at the same time the infant is free to turn and squirm comfortably without displacing or even disarranging the garments.

As a further feature of the invention, means are provided for resiliently and securelyattaching the stockings by loops to the shirt band l2. A stocking i5 is shown in Fig. 9 with a loop l6 at'the top. In Fig. 10, at a stage corresponding to Fig. 6, the band 12 at either side is passed through the corresponding stocking loop It, before it is passed about the infants hips, in the .manner shown in Fig. '7 and already described,

the "band 52 being then passed around the body and brought forwardly and the bands 2 and H. are tied, in the manner already described and as shown inFig. 8. In this arrangement the stockings are held easily and resiliently in place and cannot become detached and slip down.

The invention in its broader aspects is not limited to the specific mechanisms shown and described but departures may be made therefrom within the scope of the accompanying claims without departing from the principles of the invention and without sacrificing its chief advantages.

What I claim is:

1. In infants wear, a shirt, a band attached to the shirt near its waist region and adapted to be passed around the infants body in opposite directions to encircle the infants Waist and presenting free ends, a diaper, a band attached to one. extremity of the diaper and having free ends, said diaper being applied by wrapping certain extremities around the buttocks of the infant and overlapping said extremities, passing the band bearing extremity of the diaper past the infants crotch and to a position adjacent said first-mentioned overlapping extremities, said diaper band ends thus being adjacent the shirt band ends after encircling the infant, whereby each of said free ends of the shirt band is engageable with one of the free ends of the diaper band, and whereby the shirt band ends hold and support the diaper wrapped around the infant and the diaper holds the shirt down.

2. In infants wear, a shirt, a band attached to the shirt near its waist region and adapted to be passed around the infants body in opposite directions to encircle the infants waist and presenting free ends, a diaper, a band attached to one extremity of the diaper and having free ends, said diaper being applied by wrapping certain extremities around the buttocks of the infant and overlapping said extremities, passing the band bearing extremity of the diaper past the infants crotch and to a position adjacent said first-mentioned overlapping extremities, said diaper band ends thus being adjacent the shirt band ends after encircling the infant, whereby the shirt band ends passing respectively around the left and right sides of the infant are fastened respectively to the left-hand and right-hand free ends of the diaper band so that the diaper band bearing extremity is held substantially flat in operative position and the shirt band ends hold and support the diaper wrapped around the infant and the diaper holds the shirt down,

3. In infants wear, a shirt, a band attached to the shirt near its waist region and adapted to be passed around the infants body in opposite directions to encircle the infants waist and presenting free ends, a diaper, a band attached to one extremity of the diaper and having free ends, said diaper being applied by wrapping certain extremities around the buttocks of the infant and overlapping said extremities, passing the band bearing extremity of the diaper past the infants crotch and. to a position adjacent said first-mentioned overlapping extremities, said diaper band ends thus being adjacent the shirts band ends after encircling the infant, whereby each of said free ends of the shirt band is engageable with one of the free ends of the diaper band, and whereby the shirt band ends hold and support the diaper wrapped around the infant and the diaper holds the shirt down, and stockings having a loop at the upper end of each stocking through which the shirt band ends are passed in encircling the infant and before tying to the diaper band ends, whereby the stockings are also supported by the shirt band in addition to its supporting the diaper in proper position.

4. An infants garment comprising a shirt open at the front and having overlapping portions, a relatively long band medianly. attached to the outermost overlapping portion in wearing position at the waist portion of the shirt and having free portions sufliciently long to be passed in opposite directions completely around the waist region of the infants body to encircle the infant and provide free ends at the front waist region of the infant for attachment to engaging means on a diaper thus to secure the shirt and the overlapping portions in proper wearing position.

MARJORIE TILLEY SWITZ. 

